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Antique views of ye towne of Boston (1882)

Stark, James Henry · Boston : Published by ye Photo-electrotype engraving co. ... · leaf 306

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THE FIRST KINGS CHAPEL. Beacon Hill with the beacon on top of it. There were no pewsin the church up to 1693. In that year the officers of Sir FrancisWheelers fleet, which put into Boston to recruit, made up a dona-tion for the church amounting to lifty-six pounds. The next year … ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTON. the pews were built at an expense of eighty-five pounds. In 1689it was provided with a bell. Between 1710 and 1713 the oldchurch was rebuilt and enlarged to twice its original size. Mr.Thomas Brattle gave an organ when it was finished. This, nodoubt, was the first organ in…

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